Mute/Disable Group Notifications from Whatsapp on iPhone [How to]

Whatsapp groups are fun and a great way to keep in touch with family and friends as a group. But what grinds our gears is group notifications when there’s a lot of people actively chatting. The incessant ping/vibrate can be annoying and can severely drain power from your iPhone.

There are a number of ways to disable/mute Whatsapp group notifications. We go over all of these here.

How to Mute Group Notifications/Alerts in Whatsapp (iOS 8.x)

#1. Mute from Chats

This is the eaiest method to mute notifications from a particular group.

In the Chats window, swipe left on the group you want to mute.

Tap on More

Next, tap on Mute and then pick a time frame

Notice that you can mute a group (from sending notifications) for a specific time-frame. If you want to mute group notifications for all the groups you are in, you will have to follow method #3.

#2. Mute from Group Info

There’s another way to mute a group chat from sending notifications to you. This again works like the first method above.

Open the group chat thread in Whatsapp

Tap on the name of the group on the top

Tap on Mute

Pick an option for the time period for which the notifications from this group chat should be muted. (1 day, 1 week or 1 year)

Again, this is for a specific group only.

#3. Mute in Settings

This method is best when you want to prevent all group chat notifications.

Open Whatsapp

Tap on Settings (bottom menu)

Tap on Notifications

Under the label Group Notifications, turn off the switch for Alerts

This will prevent Whatsapp from notifying you of any group message. Note that this is a blanket option so you will be muting all group notifications indefinitely with this switch.